# Darby #5

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1513890
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** Jericol Mining Inc.
- **Controller:** James A  Sigmon
- **Public source rows linked:** 257
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James A  Sigmon (C00510) → Jericol Mining Inc. (P07370) → Darby #5 (1513890)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Pennington Hershell Et Al → Trace Gap Coal Company:** 1983-01-01 through 1995-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513890; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Victor B  McKinney → Black Mountain Energy Inc:** 1995-11-09 through 1996-03-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513890; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James A  Sigmon → Jericol Mining Inc:** 1996-03-07 through 2000-04-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513890; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles  Hunter → Hunter Coales Llc:** 2000-04-12 through 2002-03-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513890; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James A  Sigmon → Jericol Mining Inc.:** 2002-03-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513890; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 14
- Interval anomalies: 0
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 69 violation rows across the full record; 36 carry an S&S flag and $7,189 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 82 samples:** Occupational health samples 76 coal dust; 6 coal quartz. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 16K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 2K employee hours and 12 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 21 inspection events and 411 published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1103-4 — Automatic fire sensor and warning device systems; installation; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-4
- **30 CFR 75.1101 — Deluge-type water sprays, foam generators; main and secondary belt-conveyor drives.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101
- **30 CFR 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **30 CFR 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.203 — Mining methods.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.203
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2000-11-15 through 2000-11-15; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-06-24 through 2013-06-24; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 68 rows; 2000-09-18 through 2001-06-20; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 76 rows; 2000-06-19 through 2001-05-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1983-01-01 through 2002-03-05; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 21 rows; 2000-05-30 through 2002-06-12; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 3 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 6 rows; 2000-06-21 through 2001-01-31; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 69 rows; 2000-09-18 through 2001-06-20; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/darby-5-1513890`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/darby-5-1513890`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1513890/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1513890/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1513890/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`